Course detail
The economics of nonprofit organizations
FP-enoPAcad. year: 2019/2020
The course focuses on the following topics: Approaches to definition of the non-profit sector, justifiability of non-profit organizations within the national economy, mission and significance of NPO in the national economy, non-profit private public-beneficial organizations, non-profit private mutually-beneficial organizations, non-profit public organizations.
Fundraising, financial and personnel management of NPO.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Skills: The student will evaluate specifics of management of a particular NPO. He/she knows to consider current situation of a non-profit organization in the financial, marketing and personnel field and proposes possible changes.
General qualifications: The student recognizes the ethical-economic significance of non-profit organizations in the national economy and their role within the community. He/she is able to analyze information on non-profit organizations, evaluate them and associate them with commonly available information of political-economic character.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Written only. The exam is a test (questions with four possible answers - just one is correct, open questions, yes/no questions, brief explanation of the basic terms). Time for elaboration: 40 minutes. Max. possible points of exam - 100. Grading rules – see the BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Course curriculum
2. Community. Mission and significance of NPO in the national economy, their function and operations.
3. Typology of non-profit organization in CR. Non-profit organizations by funding methods and scope of activities. Legislation regulating NPO.
4. Non-profit private public-beneficial organizations.
5. Non-profit private mutually-beneficial organizations.
6. Non-profit public organizations.
7. Funding of non-profit organizations. Public and private funding resources. Significance and self-funding methods.
8. Fundraising. Significance of the person of fundraiser.
9. Financial management of non-profit organizations. Financial management operations.
10. Personnel management in non-profit organizations. Volunteership.
11. Marketing in non-profit organizations. Significance of PR. PR and fundraising.
12. Management of non-profit organizations. Organizational structure in dependence on mission of a non-profit organization. Planning in NPO. Communication.
13. Calculations, prices and performances in non-profit organizations. Possibilities of financial analysis in non-profit organizations.
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Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Rektořík, J. Organizace neziskového sektoru: základy ekonomiky, teorie a řízení. 3.aktual. vyd. Praha: Ekopress 2010. ISBN 978-80-86929-54-5. (CS)
Stejskal, J. Ekonomika neziskové organizace. 2.aktual. vyd. Praha, Pardubice: Junák, Koalice nevládek, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7501-063-6. (CS)
Stejskal, J., H. Kuvíková a K. Maťátková. Neziskové organizace - vybrané problémy ekonomiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7357-973-9. (CS)
Recommended reading
Dobrozemský, V. a J. Stejskal. Nevýdělečné organizace v praxi. 3. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7552-476-8. (CS)
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Syllabus
2. Community. Mission and significance of NPO in the national economy, their function and operations.
3. Typology of non-profit organization in CR. Non-profit organizations by funding methods and scope of activities. Legislation regulating NPO.
4. Non-profit private public-beneficial organizations.
5. Non-profit private mutually-beneficial organizations.
6. Non-profit public organizations.
7. Funding of non-profit organizations. Public and private funding resources. Significance and self-funding methods.
8. Fundraising. Significance of the person of fundraiser.
9. Financial management of non-profit organizations. Financial management operations.
10. Personnel management in non-profit organizations. Volunteership.
11. Marketing in non-profit organizations. Significance of PR. PR and fundraising.
12. Management of non-profit organizations. Organizational structure in dependence on mission of a non-profit organization. Planning in NPO. Communication.
13. Calculations, prices and performances in non-profit organizations. Possibilities of financial analysis in non-profit organizations.